Contest No. 176 starts right now.

Briefly, here are the details: I’ll supply a drawing of one of my old cartoons that has never been published, leaving off my caption. You are invited to supply your funniest captions. Simply (1) click on “See Comments and Add Your Own”. Then (2) scroll down past any other submitted captions and type in your name and your caption in the spaces provided. You may also be asked to verify that you are a human being and not a robot, so please follow the instructions in the “Captcha” box. Then (3) click “Save”.

Your caption (or captions) will be posted after I review your submission. However, no captions at all will be posted for the first few days of each contest. This is to give everybody a chance to submit their spontaneous, gut-instinct caption without fear of discovering that it was ripped off by somebody else’s similar spontaneous, gut-instinct caption. This is an equal opportunity contest!

There is no limit on the number of captions you may enter for each drawing, but I will only post and consider the first 15 captions from any contestant. Entries will be accepted and posted for one week, after which a winner will be announced and the winning caption will be printed. Below that I will also print my original caption.

The cut-off time and date for you to send in your captions is midnight Wednesday, August 4, 2021.

I will be the sole judge. The winning caption will be the one I judge to be the funniest one submitted (not necessarily the one that matches or comes closest to my original caption). Additional rules and regulations, for those of you who need such things, can be found here.

Below is the drawing that needs your funny captions.

“Don’t look now, but it’s a sea change!”

(by sharon)

My original caption: “Welcome to this beautiful tropical island paradise. By the way, are you familiar with the word ‘tsunami’?”

Congratulations, sharon, on this, your ninth victory! Once again you have earned the coveted bragging rights — you are definitely one of the funniest people around.

Now I’m going to apologize for not alerting everybody to what I thought was so obvious — that the caption has to come from the seashell (not from the guy who is listening). That’s the cliche that has developed in the cartoon world over the years, and I thought it was so well known that I didn’t have to mention it. Guess I was wrong. Many of your submissions had the listener speaking, and I had to reject all of those captions.

By the way, I thought that MY original caption was pretty good, too.

Here are the other captions that I was seriously considering for top honors:

“I have this weird feeling that something bad is going to happen.” (by Diane)

“This is not a test. Run like hell.” (by Michael Lomazow)

“If you put down the shell, you would probably hear me better.” (by Rich Wolf)

“Mayday! . . . Mayday!” (by Kay Ralph)

“Anyone who says you can hear the ocean in a seashell is all wet.” (by Pat Foley)

“Water, water everywhere but especially here.” (by Kelasher)

“Prepare to swim with the fishes.” (also by Michael Lomazow)

A new contest will be posted before you know it, Captioneers. Thanks for participating, and remember, it’s supposed to be all in fun!

Contest No. 175 starts right now.

Briefly, here are the details: I’ll supply a drawing of one of my old cartoons that has never been published, leaving off my caption. You are invited to supply your funniest captions. Simply (1) click on “See Comments and Add Your Own”. Then (2) scroll down past any other submitted captions and type in your name and your caption in the spaces provided. You may also be asked to verify that you are a human being and not a robot, so please follow the instructions in the “Captcha” box. Then (3) click “Save”.

Your caption (or captions) will be posted after I review your submission. However, no captions at all will be posted for the first few days of each contest. This is to give everybody a chance to submit their spontaneous, gut-instinct caption without fear of discovering that it was ripped off by somebody else’s similar spontaneous, gut-instinct caption. This is an equal opportunity contest!

There is no limit on the number of captions you may enter for each drawing, but I will only post and consider the first 15 captions from any contestant. Entries will be accepted and posted for one week, after which a winner will be announced and the winning caption will be printed. Below that I will also print my original caption.

The cut-off time and date for you to send in your captions is midnight Wednesday, July 7, 2021.

I will be the sole judge. The winning caption will be the one I judge to be the funniest one submitted (not necessarily the one that matches or comes closest to my original caption). Additional rules and regulations, for those of you who need such things, can be found here.

Below is the drawing that needs your funny captions.

“Ten bucks if you put me on Tik-Tok.”

(by Marc Eliot Stein)

My original caption: “Why certainly, my boy, I’ll be glad to share some worldly wisdom with you — if you know what’s good for you, you’ll stop calling me ‘Baldy’.”

Congratulations, Marc Eliot Stein, on this, your fourth victory. The last one was not that long ago, in Contest No. 170. Once again you have proved to be one of the funniest people around, so the bragging rights are all yours.

Here are the other captions that received my serious consideration:

“Never believe the hype.” (by Michael Lomazow)

“Son, it’s time we had ‘the talk’. Should I text it?” (by Rich Wolf)

“Son, that was an excellent question, next.” (by Diane)

“There, there, grandson, you’re far too young to worry about ‘male pattern baldness!’” (by Kay Ralph)

“Someday all this chaos will be yours!” (by Bruce Morgenstern)

“I’ll clean up your room if you clean up my computer.” (by Pat Foley)

Thanks for participating, Captioneers! A new contest will be posted before you know it, so keep a sharp lookout for it.

Contest No. 174 starts right now.

Briefly, here are the details: I’ll supply a drawing of one of my old cartoons that has never been published, leaving off my caption. You are invited to supply your funniest captions. Simply (1) click on “See Comments and Add Your Own”. Then (2) scroll down past any other submitted captions and type in your name and your caption in the spaces provided. You may also be asked to verify that you are a human being and not a robot, so please follow the instructions in the “Captcha” box. Then (3) click “Save”.

Your caption (or captions) will be posted after I review your submission. However, no captions at all will be posted for the first few days of each contest. This is to give everybody a chance to submit their spontaneous, gut-instinct caption without fear of discovering that it was ripped off by somebody else’s similar spontaneous, gut-instinct caption. This is an equal opportunity contest!

There is no limit on the number of captions you may enter for each drawing, but I will only post and consider the first 15 captions from any contestant. Entries will be accepted and posted for one week, after which a winner will be announced and the winning caption will be printed. Below that I will also print my original caption.

The cut-off time and date for you to send in your captions is midnight Wednesday, June 9, 2021.

I will be the sole judge. The winning caption will be the one I judge to be the funniest one submitted (not necessarily the one that matches or comes closest to my original caption). Additional rules and regulations, for those of you who need such things, can be found here.

Below is the drawing that needs your funny captions.